New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-18
FOX VETERANS.
ON AGE oyERTAKINa THE BOYS


,nr ME-. WHO CLAIMED NOTHING WHEN THE coUS-
TRY WAS POOR NOW ASK FOR RECOGNITION
WHEN THE GOVERNMENT is RICH.
From The Weekly Tribune.
A sourth instalmeut of the letters from Grand
Army Posts end individual veterans Is presented
below. The bracketed figures refer to TIE TRiB-
rsr,s ouestions, which asked if they favored ~
nsnsnaent Pensions; e, service pension t3fthe
vatican Of the private bills; a. any other es-
n.c,al LEGISLATION; and ~ how many veterans there
ar. in the local Door housea The letters are all
busiuess like and right to the point.
Major Martin r: Delaney Post.
Indianapolis. Ind. June Y, 1857
Our roll has 125 members All voted for the Depend.
ent Pension hill Fifty wanted rs per month and 20
What Martin R. Delaney Post wants in tho line OF leg
aton is this DO away with the Office OF and payments
Last Thursday eyepiss the Post passed resolutions
g ss for s ss s
political humbug, and friend to the men WHO fought
bows who we're in those bells OF Andersonvile, Belle
Island Libby and other Rebel prisons
will see Grover about this dag business in 1sss-Aex
A. Jones, Commander
COLONEL BURRIITs PAINFUL CASE.
Perkins Post No. 202,
unanimously IN favor r Of the Dependent Pen
sion We 40 p", Ss private
brs but. by vote. unanimously censufe Tue r'e''ue"'
We stand by the G. A. r. Pension Committee in their
and official acts and have no plans OF our own
:" We do not know how many worthy veterans OF our
vicinity being by sn hsns.s c@
sppal schlorisis by gunshot wounds TWO IN num-
and b !, Ing s sSa get It
He is now helpless has OF legs arms or any oher
member of the body and his wife Is s ne ns aaw
them to hire a man share the burden. We are very
much down President Cleveland for vetong this DILL
Charles s. Hull. Commander.
PENSIONS AND 80 ACRES OF LAND.
Seneca Falls, N Y, May l6, 1887
l. Our Post numbers 2io in good sandhs am W sao
favor general pension bill and have heard go per
deserving soldiers regardless OF teenncaes or OF rules
ing over veto any such bin passed by Congress. 4.
We all think the grant Of land WARRANT 70 every n9n9r
ao e fling There are no veterans in Seneca
Cunty Poorhousc.-Thcm mas NJ. Durham.
STILL, The GOVERNMENT CAN TRY.
Lieutenant James NJ. Lysle Post,
Allegheny, Penn. April IS, 1887.
Ayes 80; nays = Ayes S2 nays, c = sd2 TO- 30
Ayes O. NAYS 80 the we sseS destaIe and Crippled
also the widows and orphans of deceased veterans In
ment to care for the veterans their families without
whose services this united nation would have ceased 70
nubc: above ali to place item beyond the reach Of the
proorbouse We hrnily believe the Government can
sSoSe we Believe we voice the sentiments of the G. 4 R.
Of the whole country.-Thomas d. Holmes Adjutant
REMEMBER THE BOYS IN THE RANKS.
julius T. Bartlett Post,
Carson City, Mich. May is, 1887.
The headquarters OF our department are not only
your questions they do not take quite enough pains
TO counsel with the old boys in the ranks They claim
TO represent and out just what want in pension
legislation. take pains to say that the weathiest
people Of country that live in are the old boys that
remenSered. do want this Government to remember
the old boys in the ranks inst the sas 70 the
demand No soldiers wife shSuld have more pay than
1snd n should die ~osrO Richardson Commander
LETTER FROM GENERAL EDWARDS.
Warsaw, H., May 10, 1887.
can only answer as an individual veteran , enc =.
l. All the old soldiers have talked with FAVOR the de-
pendent pension BILL but only to relieve comrades who
are actually In poverty 2 All old soldiers known 10 me
mere Of justice In order to make up TO them the
din IN psd tIe the gold
pension should 81 for years service and under;
over apr two years Service believe private pension
bills rule, are an injustice TO most OF u.s. on te
ground that very few old soldiers have SUFFICIENT potca
Influence to secure private pension" On general
principles am opposed to private pension bills
discharged soldiers and sailors ard to increase the
pension for soldiers minor orphans from 81 to 81 per
tate established
Edwards Brevet Major.General, U. s. A.
ALL SHADES OF POLITICS IN THE POST.
Jere Helms Post, &c..
schuykill Haven, Penn, May D, 1887
Nembership 60 l. The Presidents veto sustained;
o nays e. z e Tss s. e aaa the
same for any soldier disabled or diseased who served
less; dependent parents likewise; unanimous; g. The
rS sy in and THAT has
vetong unworthy ones. A. The old veterans VINO
rewarded s. Very few Worthy ii any; those there are
lazy idle loafers and drunkards, who IN many Instances
brought to discipline; now then worthy soldier is
fonnd there but not often This Post Is located only
thoroughly. The political complexion Of the Post Is:
b EeIaS,,'dnf roSiionis1s total 6STComrade
CERTAINLY, 1T WILL ADD WEIGHT
Warsaw Ohio June 2. 1897
hand herewith report for Newton stanton Post
Yes, $l2 month. 8. Certainly not think the
ground is covered above g. humber IN tne poor
Why may not the sentiments OF the rank ana ME OF te
G. A. be ascerained and made public IL seems 10
Pension Committee. I think, from personal inquiry.
citizens s are willing to give them-E. T. Hays.
UNCLE SAM SHOULD BEAR THIS BURDEN En-
North East, Penn. June ., 1887.
am pleased to note the interest manifested by The
TRIBUN 10 behalf Of the exsodiers 1t Is really refresh
il not Commencing Cleveland for is brutal vetoes The
ntterances OF some Of the papers 81 the larger cities are
of the Empire State The sacred promises made to the
men who the front and endured the dangers and
pryations of war ought not soon TO be forgotten.
John Braden Post, Of this place, was recently called
together 10 discuss pensions resolution was offered
OF the action OF the President in
yetOng lust measures for the relief OF destitute and
disabled soldiers Six comrades present were Democrats
but ali voted In favor Of the resolution did also every
Republican coInrade.
For years the comrades have been giving from their
own earnings money aid comrades who are sick and
destitute The Government OF the Unteo states should
hear this burden and the exsolders OF the Union are
determined that IL shall he borne notwithstanding
the Opposition Of Cleveland the Rebel brigadfers
and such Northern renegades as Bragg Warner and
Scott-C. G. Wright
AGAINST INDECENT PENSIONS.
Epson Post, No 40
Seymour, Conn, June l3, 1887
send you the vote of this Post There were is mem
bers present. The vote stood IN favor ana against
a xofiu . 4